Topic - Robert C. Byrd

But to use the fast-track budget tool, known as reconciliation, Democrats need to stay within the confines of the "Byrd Rule," a precedent named after the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia that says items passed using reconciliation must be directly tied to the country's fiscal situation.

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Sen. Robert Byrd, longest-serving member of Congress, dies at 92 →